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Author: Now known as –POTTER.loves.EVANS-
Disclaimer: She sells sea shells on the sea shore. Ok that was random but I didn't know what else to write. I'll just tell the god dam truth. JK ROWLING OWNS ALL HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS, PLACES AND THINGS. There I said it, happy now?
Notes: This chapter is told in James' pov.
"James! I have to tell you something"
I turned around and saw Lily running up to me, a smile on her face.
"Hey. What did you want to tell me?" I asked curiously.
"Um. Uh well, I um, I dunno how to say it" she said, blushing.
I smiled. "Oh come on! You can tell me, I won't laugh"
"Um ok. Well, I uh-"
"Come on Lils, spill!" I was grinning now. She blushed even more.
"I, I love you" she said in a quiet voice. I frowned.
"Come again?" I asked politely.
"I…" she let out a deep breath. "I love you James"
I stared at her, not knowing what to say.
"James, um, just uh, just forget I ever said anything" she turned to go, but I grabbed her arm.
"I can't do that. I won't forget what you said. I don't want to forget, because I love you too Lily" she looked at me, her eyes shining with tears. I smiled and wiped them away.
"You do?" she whispered.
I nodded. "Yep. I do"
She laughed, and I did too, and I leaned down and kissed her softly, pulling her closer. Her arms wrapped around my neck, and I wrapped mine around her waist, and she ran her hands through my already messy hair. When she pulled away I smiled.
"I didn't know how to tell you. I was so scared that you'd laugh at me and tell me you hated me"
"I'd never do that to you Lily" I said and she kissed me, her lips were soft and genuine, I've never felt lips that soft. About a million fireworks erupted inside of me, and I grinned and pulled her closer.
I've never felt this way before, never. With other girls, it was different. They didn't kiss me like Lily did; they'd try to shove their bloody tongues down my throat, but not Lily. She did it soft and sweet and carefully.
I've never felt this way about any other girl. Never.
My alarm clock beeped loudly and I jumped up. I was sweating all over, and breathing heavily. "Shit" I muttered as I jumped out of bed. "Oh shit"
I headed towards the shower, and turned it on, and I wasn't exactly happy about having a freezing cold one either.
Dam Lily… why did I feel like this? Ever since the party, I haven't stopped thinking about her. Ever since the party, I've dreamed about her, I've thought about her, I've even watched her out of my window when she was playing out the back with her dog Chum.
I groaned. There is seriously, something wrong with me.
I think I'm going insane…
I went downstairs ten minutes later and hurried into the kitchen. "Good morning James. Have a nice sleep?" mum asked kindly.
"Uh, yeah" I said, and sat down at the table.
"James" dad said and I looked up.
"What?" I asked suspiciously.
"The head of Department got back to me on the subject of the ten year old girl. They seem to think you both have a point but…"
"They're not following our lead?" I asked feeling outraged.
"Nope. They said that you don't understand and that you're too young to know what is properly going on"
"And what did you do?" I asked standing up and pacing.
Mum stood there with her hands on her hips. She frowned.
"I hexed his sorry arse" Dad replied smirking. A smile crossed my face.
"What did you do to him?" Mum asked quickly.
"Oh, I only made his nose grow"
"And?" mum asked pointedly.
"And maybe I made his ears grow larger too"
"And?" mum repeated.
"Uh, what makes you think I did anything else?" he asked sweetly.
"What else did you do, Daniel Jacob Potter?" Mum yelled her wand by her side.
Dad glanced at it, and then said; "Okay I might've made his hair grow… and er made him go cross eyed, oh and I also gave him jelly legs" he said, glancing at her, back to her wand and back to her.
I roared with laughter and mum glared at me.
"And what did you're boss say about that?"
"Oh Scrimgeour just told me to hex Death Eaters instead of workmates and I said that anyone who questions my sons ability will get hexed. Scrimgeour just walked off, and then he said that James was an idiot to even think that Voldemort would do such a as I quote, "completely regardless act like framing another person for someone's death" and he kept walking and only when he reached his office did he realize his pants were on fire" Daniel said in one breath.
"You idiot! You could have been fired Danny! God you are so stupid!"
"He INSULTED our SON Heather. Our son"
"That twisted idiotic arsehole better find a good hiding place before he finds himself wound up in St Mungos" she said furiously and was about to apperate when dad grabbed her hand and said; "Don't worry, he won't insult and of our family members again" he said just as a copy of The Daily Prophet flew in through the window. Mum paid the owl and grabbed it, and yelled; "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!?!?!?!"
The paper fell to the ground as dad was chased out of the house by mum, and he kept saying; "Now Heather dear, I did it for my family! Don't do something you'll regret!" and they ran around the tree, mum fuming and dad scared for his life. I just chuckled and picked up the paper and the headline read with a picture of Rufus Scrimgeour in a hospital bed; "RUFUS SCRIMGEOUR IN ST MUNGOS AFTER FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS… OR SO HE SAYS"
"Earlier this morning, Rufus Scrimgeour who is head of the Auror office was admitted to St Mungos after he said he fell down the stairs.
He simple refuses to tell anyone the real reason, although Auror Alastar 'Mad-Eye' Moody said that a ministry worker hexed him because he mad-mouthed about the said ministry worker's family member.
"Mr. Daniel Potter, one of the top Aurors, gave information to the Ministry about the ten year old murder case. Potter said that his son, James Potter and James' friend Lily Evans gave reason that You Know Who was the real killer. They said that he framed the young girl and killed her family, wiped her memory of the incident and gave her another one, making her think she was in fact the murderer of her family. Then He-Who-Must-Be-Named conjured the Dark Mark into the sky, using the girl's father's wand to kill the family, and to make the Dark Mark. Potter told Aurors this information, but they brushed it aside saying, 'they are just kids and don't know what they are talking about'. Potter then became angry and hexed the people that had insulted his son and friend. Scrimgeour then went as far as to say that Potter's son was an idiot to think that and Potter then hexed Scrimgeour. Scrimgeour will not admit that this is the true reason he went to St Mungos, but eye witnesses say it is.
I raised my eyebrows at this. "Well, dad must've done more to him then what he let on" I said to myself.
"Morning!" Sirius shouted happily from behind me. I jumped, and he smirked.
"Morning Padfoot. Take a look at this" I said and handed the paper to him. He took it and sat down and read it. After he finished he burst out laughing. "Scrimgeour is a right foul git! He actually insulted you! God he must not know Danny properly. Anyone in their right mind wouldn't have insulted one of Danny's family members right in front of him!" and with that he fell off his chair laughing and I chuckled.
"You should have mum when she found out" I said and told Sirius all about it.
When I finished, in walked a sooty dad and a pleased mum. Dad's robes were burned and singed and he trudged upstairs grumpily.
Mum snatched up the paper and began to read it. She frowned.
"Hey mum, why did you hex dad when like, you were just about ready to hex Scrimgeour yourself so then you find out dad did and you burn his robes… I don't get it" I said grinning.
She glared at me and my grin slid from my face. "Shut up James otherwise I'll burn your clothes" she said and I stepped away from her slowly.
Just as I was about to sit down, there was a knock at the door. "Who the hell could that be?" Sirius asked, tapping the table impatiently while mum made pancakes.
"I dunno I'll go see" I said walking down the hall way and opening the front door.
"Lily!" I said surprise evident in my voice.
She smiled. "Hi! I hope I'm not interrupting anything"
"No, no not at all, er come in" I said stepping back. She smiled again and walked I and I shut the door.
"I was just wondering if you read the-"
"Daily Prophet? Yeah I did"
"Why don't they believe us?" she asked curiously.
"Uh, I dunno" I said shrugging.
She grinned. "You're not really talkative this morning. What's up?"
I had a dream about kissing you and got a-
"James? Are you in there?" she asked, lightly rapping my head.
"Oh what? Um yeah I'm er I'm fine" I said smiling. She shook her head.
"Well okay" she said grinning.
We walked into the kitchen and mum smiled.
"Oh hello Lily! Is everything okay?" she asked hugging her.
"Yeah everything's fine. I just came over to see if you guys read the Prophet" she replied. Sirius jumped up and crushed her into a hug and for some reason a swoop of anger filled inside my chest and I wanted to pull Sirius off of her.
"How are you Lily Flower? Are you here for breakfast?" he asked with a smirk.
"Oh I don't want to intrude-"
"No, everything's fine Lily! You're not intruding! You're more than welcome" mum said grinning. Lily nodded and thanked her and sat down beside Sirius and I sat across from her, which was a mistake because she was watching me closely.
"Are you sure you're alright James? You seem awfully quiet"
"Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry about me" I said, but she seemed unconvinced.
"Not cooking up a prank are you?" she asked and I smiled.
"You never know, Lils. You never know" I said grinning.
Lils? Where the HELL did that come from?
Sirius seemed to think the same thing because he cocked an eyebrow at me and I just smiled.
Dad came running back downstairs, his robes no longer smoking.
"Hello Lily! Did you see the Daily Prophet?"
"Yeah I did. Why didn't they believe us?" she asked curiously.
"Oh well, I know that Moody does, and Kingsly Shacklebolt. But I'm not sure about any others"
"Mad-Eye Moody?" she asked and a smile twitched on dad's face.
"Yep, the very same. He said that you should think about becoming an Auror"
"What about me?" I asked grinning.
"He said that you should go roll in Dragon Dung" he said and we all laughed except mum, who bit her lip and hit him on the back of the head playfully.
"Nah he said that you should become an Auror too" he said grinning.
"Granted. That's my top priority after Hogwarts" I said putting the syrup in the middle of the table.
"Do you want help?" Lily asked me kindly.
"Huh? Oh no thanks Im fine" I said putting plates in front of everyone. She stood up any way and grabbed the knives and forks.
"Lily! I told you I was fine. You sit down" I said trying to take them from her hands.
"I don't mind helping though"
"Well I do mind you helping" I said and I tugged on the knives and forks.
"Well I don't mind" she tugged this time.
"Well-"
"Oh god you too bicker like an old married couple. Why doesn't Lily do the forks and James do the knives that way you both have something to do" Sirius said and we stared at him.
"What?" he asked looking at both of us in turn.
"That's the most intelligent thing I've ever heard come out of your mouth" Lily said and I nodded.
Dad cleared his throat and I looked down and realized my hands were on top of hers. I let go and so did she, and the knives and forks clattered to the ground.
We both bent down to pick them up and our heads banged together.
"OW" we both shouted at the same time and stood up, each clutching our heads and blushing furiously.
I bent down and picked up the knives and Lily picked up the forks, still blushing as we passed them around, occasionally bumping into each other and both mumbling a quick "sorry".
When mum put the pancakes onto the table, we all helped ourselves and mum said; "I'm going to go visit Lily's mum. I'll be back later" and she left. Dad shrugged and poured syrup onto his plate.
I went to grab a pancake and Lily grabbed it before me, sticking her tongue out.
I grinned and stuck my tongue out and Sirius said; "Oh how childish" as I grabbed the pancake before me.
"You'd know all about childish wouldn't you Sirius?" I asked and Lily laughed while Sirius scowled.
As Lily laughed, my stomach clenched and I found myself staring at her.
Sirius grabbed the syrup and practically soaked his pancakes in it, and handed it to me.
"Prongs do you want the syrup?"
I didn't hear him I was too busy staring at Lily who had taken a bite out of her pancake and saw me watching her.
"What?" she asked. I shrugged and Sirius put the syrup onto the table.
I stood up and Lily frowned. "Where are you going?" she asked.
"To get jam" I replied.
"Oh yeah I forgot, he doesn't like syrup on his pancakes" Sirius said and started shoveling down his food.
I spread the jam over my food and started eating, all the while glancing at Lily and occasionally catching her eye and looking away, smiling.
"Well, I better get back to work. I need to do some paper work and follow up on that lead you guys gave me because I think that is a good one and we haven't had many leads after all" dad said standing up. He flicked his wand and his plate flew into the sink and he said goodbye and left.
"So, did you're dad come home?" Sirius asked Lily.
She looked up. "Um, yeah he did. He had to stay for another couple of days where he was and came home early this morning and has been asleep ever since" she said looking back down at her food uncomfortably.
"Well I think he should rethink his priorities because-"
"Who wants to play Quidditch?" I asked standing up and cutting across Sirius.
"Um, yeah alright. Here, take my plate and I'll go get the brooms" Sirius said passing me his plate.
I nodded, knowing fully well that he would get his broom and fly around, leaving me to get my own.
Lily stood and gathered her plate and walked over to the sink.
"Oh, no I can do that" I said dumping mine and Sirius' plates in there.
"It's fine. I'm really much for flying. I'll probably throw up" she said smiling.
I grinned and filled the sink. "You afraid of heights?" I asked as she grabbed a tea towel.
"Um, yeah kind of" she muttered, blushing.
I smiled. "You don't have to be embarrassed about it Lils"
She looked up and nodded. "I know, I'll just go home"
"No you won't" I said quickly.
She raised an eyebrow. "What are you gonna do? Barricade the door?" she asked.
"Yes" I replied causing her to laugh.
"Come on just stay. I'll teach you how to fly"
"I don't think so" she said putting the plate on the bench waiting to be put away. I finished the dishes and pulled the plug and flicked my hands, "accidentally" spraying Lily with the water.
"Oi!" she said flicking me with the tea towel. I laughed and grabbed it off her, unintentionally dragging her closer to me.
"Hey let go you idiot!" she said laughing I just grinned.
She stopped laughing and her eye's widened. She obviously realized how close we'd become. Without thinking, I started to lean forwards and she closed her eyes.
But…
"Oi Prongs, Lily you ready?" Sirius yelled and we turned our heads in time to see Sirius run into the kitchen smiling. He grabbed the plate and put it away.
"There now you's are free and we can go fly! Come on flower" he said grabbing Lily's hand and pulling her outside.
She ran after Sirius and I followed, silently cursing Sirius for his timing.
I hurried after them, sighing.
"Oh yeah, I kinda forgot you're broom mate" he said when we hurried onto the Quidditch pitch that we had built.
"Again Padfoot? Geez you're memory is getting bad! Yet you can remember how to fly a broom. Gosh that fascinates me really Sirius" I said and he grinned.
I jogged over to the broom shed, and grabbed my broom. I ran back over to them and Sirius mounted his broom and flew off.
I shook my head. "What about the muggles? Won't they see?" Lily asked curiously.
"Nope. We put charms around our back yard so only magical people can see" I replied and she nodded impressively.
"Well climb aboard Miss. Evans" I said and her eyes widened.
"No. No way" she said backing away.
"Come on, I promise nothing will happen"
She shook her head.
"I won't let anything happen to you Lily"
She glanced at me and I gave her the puppy dog looks and she sighed. "Fine but if I die you'll be answering to my father" she said hopping on behind me.
I grinned and held onto the broom, "Hold on miss" I said and she tightened her hold. I kicked off from the ground fast and she screamed loudly in my ear. "Ow! Just focus on anything but the ground" I told her soothingly and she stopped screaming.
"Wow" she whispered as we flew around the pitch gaining speed and she started whooping for joy and I grinned and she leaned her head on my back.
This is gonna be fun…
A/N: well that's it for this chapter! Hoping for reviews,
-POTTER.loves.EVANS-
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